Sims 4: How to Make a Science Baby

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now allows the creation of newborn babies via gene splicing science. Instead of waiting for days or weeks of natural pregnancy, science babies arrive in just a few hours. This frees up the parent Sim(s) to get back to their daily routine.

While science babies are a live-mode feature, there are also alternate ways of spawning new babies if not directly trying to make a compelling story. A solely customized infant can always be added via Create a Sim (CAS). Additionally, many cheat codes either allow quick pregnancy or supply the Simoleons with free science babies.

Any Sim aged young adult, adult, or elder can opt for a science baby using just their own gene pool. This is accomplished by opening up their in-game mobile phone menu on the bottom left, going into the “Home” sub-menu, and selecting “Have a Science Baby as a Single Parent”.

Single-parent-made science babies are not just direct clones. They can be of any gender and may have physical features of their grandparents or further genetic mutations giving them new skin tone, eye color, or hairstyles. Players still name the newborn Sim, and later will be able to give them a treat when they advance to the infant life state.

A Sim who has achieved the platonic relationship level of Friend or higher with another Sim can ask them to donate DNA for a science baby. This can be accomplished by clicking on the target Sim and selecting “Friendly”, then “Deep Thoughts”, and finally “Ask to Have Science Baby”. There is no gender, sexual orientation preference, or ability to give birth restrictions for said candidates. However, the two Sims cannot be closely related on the family tree; the game does not track very distant relatives like fourth cousins or great-great-great